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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 1997301" data-attributes="member: 92282">The cyclone and flooding in Myanmar's two major rice growing areas have  "potentially serious effects" for food supply in two other impoverished  countries, a U.N. official said on Monday. World Food Programme spokesman Paul Risley said it was not yet known whether  Myanmar could meet its commitments to supply tens of thousands of tonnes of rice  to Sri Lanka and neighbouring Bangladesh. He said it was too early yet to assess the damage to crops in the main  rice-producing regions. "These are longer term questions and a major issue of concern because of the  potentially serious effects for food supply in those countries at a time when  global supplies are short," he said. In the former Myanmar capital Yangon, an official said the planned shipment  of 50,000 tonnes of milled rice to Sri Lanka in May may be delayed as the  government needs to check its stocks. "We are still carrying out a damage survey of our rice stocks and will make  an appropriate decision after that," said an official at the Union of Myanmar  Federation of Commerce and Industry, who declined to be identified. Myanmar state media said in April the country had exported about 400,000  tonnes of rice in the past year because it had enough supplies to feed its 53  million people.Global stocks for the staple food of half of the world's population have  halved since hitting a record high in 2001. Prices in Asia have almost trebled this year as export restrictions by  leading suppliers fuel insecurity over food supplies. See FACTBOX  [ID:SP90048]. With only 30 million tonnes traded annually, government supply curbs, such as  those imposed by major producers India and Vietnam, have spooked importers such  as the Philippines and Bangladesh. The military, which has ruled for 46 years and is shunned by the West, gave a  "careful green light" to offers of international aid, U.N. officials said on  Monday. The World Food Programme says it has stocks of around 930 metric tonnes in  Yangon and is seeking to bring in more food. The government had a provisional death toll of 10,000 from the weekend's  devastating cyclone, with 3,000 others missing, a diplomat said after a briefing  from Foreign Minister Nyan Win. Hundreds of thousands are without shelter and drinking water after the  cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, the rice bowl of the impoverished  Southeast Asian country. It is not known whether Myanmar, the world's largest rice exporter when it  won independence from Britain in 1948, will need to import emergency rice  supplies. If it does, it is likely to inflate prices further. Prices for most basic food items, including rice and cooking oil, have soared  on the streets of Yangon since the cyclone hammered the city on Saturday.<a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINSP13877220080505" target="_blank">Reuters</a>Hal wadi wei wa ge <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/growl.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":growl:" title="Growl    :growl:" data-shortname=":growl:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/baffled.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":baffled:" title="Baffled    :baffled:" data-shortname=":baffled:" /></blockquote>

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